Re: Cyrix 6x86 166+ & Linux Configuration & Installation

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From: Jason Stokes
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 00:00

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On 7 Apr 1997 05:12:19 GMT, David Gibson <david@brucehall20.anu.edu.au> wrote:
>Manfred Bartz (mbartz@werple.net.au) wrote:
>: david@brucehall20.anu.edu.au (David Gibson) writes:
>
>: > [Snip]
>
>: > Yes, they _could_ put these into files in a .tar.gz, but you'd need a
>: > special tool - ie. other than tar - to make use of them. ......
>
>: You need a special tool as it is now --- the Redhat Package Manager.
>
>I don't dispute this. What I'm saying is that RPM being a nonstandard format
>(although its catching on in quite a few places) - is no argument against
>Redhat as opposed to Slackware. Slackware's "packages" are .tar.gz - but these
>tars have extra crud in them so if you're not running slackware they're
>little better than an RPM.

Of course, you can obtain RPM even if you aren't running a RedHat system. 
All the sources are available, it's not setting up a gratuitously
nonstandard standard.

-- 

Jason Stokes: j.stokes@bohm.anu.edu.au
Ph: +61 (06) 291 93 84

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